Union suit.



' C. A. SHEDAKER.

UNlN SUIT. APPLlcATwu FILED :uw 21, 1914,.

atnted Apr. 27, 1915.

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UNION SUIT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

patented 1915,

Application med July 21, 1914. serial no. esem.

To oli whom it may concern;

Be 'it known that I, CHARLES AnoLnY Srrnoannn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county' of vPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Union Suits, of which the,

following is a specification.

My invention relates to underwear and has yparticular reference' to improvements in union suits of the typeshown in Letters Patent grantedv to Algernon E. Clarke under date of August 13,'1912,PatentNo.1,035,819.

An important'object of the invention is to increase the comfort of union suits, preferably those formed of relatively non-extensi-` ble materiah'such as cotton, nainsook, Inuslin, linenor the like, 4whereby the same will not bind. orinconvenience the wearer inthe crotch, when stooping or moving the legs; to thus improve the construction of a union suit without materially increasing the cost of manufacture thereof; to provide a gar ment of the above mentioned character which besides being convenient and comfortable, is cool; and to provide a garment of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong, and durable.

A further object of the invention is to provide a union suit formed of relatively nonextensible material and having a crotch formed of highly verticallyelastic and of sufficient areas() that the ordinary vertically elastic waist band may be dispensed with, without inconvenience to the users' Other objects and advantages of the invention will;be apparent during the course of the following description. y

In .the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciii'cation and in'which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a union suit embodyingmr the invention, Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthe same, and, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front ele! vation of the lower portion f the same, with thelegs spread' apart. i

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred form of my invention, Lthe numeral 5 designatesthe.

body por'tionof the union suit or garment, the same comprising front sections 6, and a hack section 7, stitched together at their outer adjacent edges, :as .shown at 8. The body portion 5 is provided with the usual arm and neck holes 9 and 10, as shown. @ne of the front sections 6 is provided at its inner edge with a longitudinally extending forward flap 11 to normally cover the forward opening 11 and having button-holes 12, to receive buttons 13, secured to the other front section whereby these two front sections are detachably connected and may he separated when desired. The iiap 11 cxtends downwardly in proximity to the elas tic crotch, shown.

TheA numeral 1a Vdesignati-is legs ci the union suit, formed of frontand .rear legsections 15 and 16, stitched together at 'their contiguous edges, as shown at 1'? and 17. The front leg-sections 15 are integral with or formed by a continuation of the front body-sections 6, While the rear leg-'sections 16 are connected or stitched to the rear back section 7, as shown at 18. Preferably arranged belovv and adjacent the back waist stitchin 18, is a posterior opening-19,adapted to be closed by a posterior iiap 2C', carried by one of the rear leg-sections 16. rihis flap is provided with a button hole 21 to' receive a button 21, in turn attached to the other rear legsection 1G, whereby the Hap E maj.' be detacnably connected 'with such rear leg-section.

The numeral 2l designates a vertically elastic or yieldable forward crotch insert or gusset, preferably formed of knit fabric, having its wales running substantially horizontally or longitudinally of the same and preferably arranged wholly upon the for ward side of the inner leg-seams 1? and eX- tending up to and being contiguous with thel forward flap 11, as shown.

` The numeral 25 designates a rear crotch insert or gusset which is vertically elastic orv yieldable and preferably formed of knit fabric having its avales extending substantally longitudinally or horizontally of the same. This insert or gussetis preferably arranged. Wholly upon the rea-r side of the seams 1.7 and is formed in sections 26, hav ing their inner ends separated and overlapping, as shown, to provide continuation of the posterior opening 19.

AThe forward and rear inserts 24 and :25 are attached together by a, continuation of the seam or seams 1'?. By this construction a vertically yielda-ble crotch insert is provided having the maximum area, whereby the strains or pulls are taken up in a most satisfactory manner.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the joined claims.

Having thusl described my invention, I claim l. In a union suit of the character de-v scribed; a body portion havinga front opening; a portion and comprising legs having inner ongitudinal seams, the rear portions of the legs being separated and overlapping for forming a normally closed posterior opening; a vertically yieldable crotch insert tapered toward its ends, arranged between the 1legs wholly rearwardly of the inner seams thereof and attached to the legs; and a second vertically yieldable crotch insert tapered toward its ends, arranged between the Alegs forwardly of the first named crotch insert, and attached to the legs and the rst named insert, such attachment with the rst named insert forming a continuation of the inner seams of the legs.

2. In a union suit of the character delower portion carried by the body overlapping rear portions of the legs; a

vertically yieldable crotch insert tapered toward its ends and arranged between the legs wholly rearwardly of the innerv seams and attached to' the legs, said vertically yield- ""ableremtch insert including a plurality of separate overlapping sections forming a continuation of the normally closedposterior opening; andl a second vertically yieldable crotch insert tapered toward its ends, arranged between the legs forwardly of the yfirst named crotch insert, and attached to the legs and the first named insert, such at tachment with the first named insert forming a continuation of the inner seams of the le s.

gIn testimony whereof I aix my signature `in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ARDLEY SHEDAKER. Witnesses: y

MARY L. MACK, CHAS. E. SHEDAKER, Jr. 

